Publications
In Press
Fordyce, J.A., R.D. Dimarco, B.A. Blankenship, & C.C. Nice. Host plant trichomes and the advantage of being big: progeny size variation of the pipevine swallowtail. Ecological Entomology.
2009
Nice, C.C., Z. Gompert, M.L. Forister, & J.A. Fordyce. 2009. An unseen
foe in arthropod conservation efforts: the case of Wolbachia infections
in the Karner blue butterfly. Biological Conservation 142:3137-3146. (PDF)
Fitzpatrick, B.M., J.A. Fordyce, & S. Gavrilets. 2009. Pattern, process,
and geographic modes of speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22:2342-2347.
(PDF)
Lessard, J.P., J.A. Fordyce, N.J. Gotelli, & N.J. Sanders. 2009.
Invasive ants alter the phylogenetic structure of ant communties. Ecology 90:2664-2669.
(PDF)
Forister, M.L., C.C. Nice, J.A. Fordyce, & Z. Gompert. 2009. Host range evolution is not driven by the optimization of larval performance: the case of Lycaeides melissa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and the colonization of alfalfa. Oecologia 160:551-561. (PDF)
2008
Gompert, Z., M.L. Forister, J.A. Fordyce, & C.C. Nice. 2008. Widespread mito-nuclear discordance with evidence for introgressive hybridization and selective sweeps in Lycaeides. Molecular Ecology 17:5231-5244. (PDF,FigS1,FigS2)
Fitzpatrick, B.M., J.A. Fordyce, & S. Gavrilets. 2008. What, if anything,
is sympatric speciation? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:1452-1459. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A., M.L. Forister, C.C. Nice, J.M. Burns, & A.M. Shapiro. 2008.
Patterns of genetic variation between the checkered skippers Pyrgus communis and Pyrgus
albescens (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society
of America 101:794-800. (PDF)
Gompert, Z., J.A. Fordyce, M.L. Forister, & C.C. Nice. 2008. Recent colonization
and radiation of North American Lycaeides (Plebejus) inferred
from mtDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:481-490. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. 2008. Antagonistic, stage-specific selection on
defensive chemical sequestration in a toxic butterfly. Evolution 62:1610-1617.
(PDF)
Lucas, L.K., J.A. Fordyce, & C.C. Nice. 2008. Patterns of genitalic morphology
around suture zones in north american Lycaeides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae):
Implications for taxonomy and historical biogeography. Annals of the Entomological
Society of America 101:172-180. (PDF)
Crutsinger, G.M., M.D. Collins, J.A. Fordyce, & N.J. Sanders. 2008. Temporal
dynamics in non-additive responses of arthropods to host-plant genotypic diversity.
Oikos 117:255-264. (PDF)
Forister, M.L., C.C. Nice, J.A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert, & A.M. Shapiro. 2007.
Considering evolutionary processes in the use of single-locus genetic data
for conservation, with examples from the Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Conservation
12:37-51. (PDF)
2007
Shapiro, A.M., M.L. Forister, & J.A. Fordyce. 2007. Extreme high-altitude Asian and Andean Pierid butterflies are not each others’ closest relatives. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 29:137-142. (PDF)
2006
Gompert, Z., J.A. Fordyce, M.L. Forister, A.M. Shapiro, & C.C. Nice. 2006. Homoploid hybrid speciation in an extreme habitat. Science 314:1923-1925. (PDF, SOM)
Forister, M.L., J.A. Fordyce, C.C. Nice, Z. Gompert, & A.M. Shapiro. 2006.
Egg morphology varies among populations and habitats along a suture zone in
the Lycaeides idas-melissa species complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:933-937. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A., C.C. Nice, & A.M. Shapiro. 2006. A novel trade-off of insect
diapause affecting a sequestered chemical defense. Oecologia 149:101-106. (PDF)
Crutsinger, G.M., M.D. Collins, J.A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert, C.C. Nice, & N.J.
Sanders. 2006. Plant genotypic diversity predicts community structure and
governs an ecosystem process. Science 313:966-968. (PDF,
SOM)
Fordyce, J.A. 2006. The evolutionary consequences of ecological interactions
mediated through phenotypic plasticity. The Journal of Experimental Biology
209:2377-2383. (PDF).
Gompert, Z., C.C. Nice, J.A. Fordyce, M.L. Forister, & A.M. Shapiro. 2006.
Identifying units for conservation using molecular taxonomy: the cautionary
tale of the Karner Blue butterfly. Molecular Ecology 15:1759-1768. (PDF).
(press)
Fordyce, J.A. 2006. Variations – However slight and from whatever cause.
(Book review – Hallgrimsson & Hall (eds.) Variation: a central concept
in biology). Ecology 87:797-798. (PDF).
Fordyce, J.A. 2006. Interactions between clutches affect a benefit of group
feeding for pipevine swallowtail larvae. Ecological Entomology 31:75-83. (PDF).
Nice, C.C. & J.A. Fordyce. 2006. How caterpillars avoid overheating: behavioral
and phenotypic plasticity of pipevine swallowtail larvae. Oecologia 146:541-548.
(PDF).
2005
Fordyce, J.A., Z.H. Marion, A.M. Shapiro. 2005. Phenological variation in chemical defense of the pipevine swallowtail. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31:3835-2846. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. 2005. Clutch Size Plasticity in the Lepidoptera. Pp. 125 - 144.
In Insects and Phenotypic Plasticity (Eds. T.N. Ananthakrishnan & D.W. Whitman)
Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, NH.(PDF).
2004
Forister, M.L., J.A. Fordyce, & A.M. Shapiro. 2004. Geological barriers and restricted gene flow in the holarctic skipper Hesperia comma (Hesperiidae). Molecular Ecology 13:3489-3499. (PDF).
Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. 2004. Geographic variation in clutch size and
a realized benefit of aggregative feeding. Evolution 58:447-450. (PDF)
2003
Fitzpatrick, B.M., M.F. Benard, J.A. Fordyce. 2003. Morphology and escape performance of tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium). Journal of Experimental Zoology 297A:147-159 (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. 2003. Contemporary patterns in a historical context:
Phylogeographic history of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor (Papilionidae).
Evolution 57:1089-1099. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. 2003. Aggregative feeding of pipevine swallowtail enhances hostplant
suitability. Oecologia 135:250-257. (PDF)
Benard, M.F. & J.A. Fordyce. 2003. Are induced defenses costly? Consequences
of predator-induced defenses in western toads, Bufo boreas. Ecology 84:68-78.
(PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. & A.M. Shapiro. 2003. Another perspective on the slow growth
/ high mortality hypothesis: chilling effects on swallowtail larvae. Ecology
84:263-268. (PDF)
Bolnick, D.I., R. Svanbäck, J.A. Fordyce, L.H. Yang, J.M. Davis, C.D. Hulsey,
& M.L. Forister. 2003. The ecology of individuals: incidence and implications
of individual specialization. American Naturalist 161:1-28. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. 2003. Variation in butterfly egg adhesion: adaptation
to hostplant senescence characteristics? Ecology Letters 6:23-27. (PDF)
2002
Nice, C.C., J.A. Fordyce, A.M. Shapiro, & R. ffrench-Constant. 2002. Lack of evidence for reproductive isolation among ecologically specialized lycaenid butterflies. Ecological Entomology 27:702-712. (PDF)
Bolnick, D.I., L.H. Yang, J.A. Fordyce, J.M. Davis, & R. Svanbäck.
2002. Measuring individual-level resource specialization. Ecology 83:2936-2941.
(PDF)
Fordyce, J.A., C.C. Nice, M.L. Forister, & A.M. Shapiro. 2002. The significance
of wing pattern detail: mate discrimination by two lycaenid butterflies. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology 15:871-879. (PDF)
(press)
2001
Fordyce, J.A. & A.A. Agrawal. 2001. The role of plant trichomes and caterpillar group size on growth and defense of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:997-1005. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. 2001. Lethal plant defence paradox remains: Inducible host-plant
aristolochic acids and the growth and defence of the pipevine swallowtail. Entomologia
Experimentalis et Applicata. 100:339-346. (PDF)
2000...
Fordyce, J.A. & S.B. Malcolm. 2000. Pith feeding by the cryptic, specialist weevil, Rhyssomatus lineaticollis, does not spatially avoid cardenolide defenses of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:2857-2874. (PDF)
Fordyce, J.A. 2000. A model without a mimic: Aristolochic acids from the California
pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor hirsuta, and its host plant, Aristolochia
californica. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:2567-2578. (PDF)
Agrawal, A.A. & J.A. Fordyce. 2000. Induced indirect-defense in a lycaenid-ant
association: The regulation of a resource in a mutualism. Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London, Series B 267: 1857-1861. (PDF)
(press)
Fordyce, J.A., E.B. Ehrle, & P.W. Thompson. 1996. The Big Trees of Michigan
14. Gleditsia triacanthos Willd. The Michigan Botanist. 32:35-39.
Fordyce, J.A., E.B. Ehrle, & P.W. Thompson. 1996.The Big Trees of Michigan
15. Populus deltoides Willd. The Michigan Botanist. 32:40-43.
Fordyce, J.A., E.B. Ehrle, & P.W. Thompson. 1994. The Big Trees of Michigan
3. Quercus bicolor Willd. The Michigan Botanist. 31:61-67.
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